Steven Spielberg’s first original science-fiction film in decades. Set at the moment humanity is told that extraterrestrial life is real — triggering global panic, political collapse, and a reckoning with everything we believed about our place in the universe.
A teaser trailer released in December 2025 generated immediate frenzy, with glimpses of worldwide chaos, shadowy government procedures, and characters in states of extreme distress. First-look images released in January 2026 include Colin strapped to a chair in what appears to be a government facility.
Josh O’Connor plays a whistleblower advocating for total transparency. Emily Blunt and Colin Firth previously appeared together in Mary Poppins Returns (2018). Filmed in New York, New Jersey and Atlanta from February to May 2025.